-ан

• IPA^(key): [an]

-ан • (-an) m

1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective or a male given name.

• -ен (-en)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋ/
• Syllabification: -‧ан (2 syllables)

-ан • (-an)

1. Marks the attributive form of a noun in the hidden-n declension after a stem ending in the consonant б (b), в (v), г (g), д (d), з (z), к (k), л (l), м (m), п (p), р (r), с (s), т (t), ф (f), х (x) or ц (c).

• -н (-n) – stems ending in a vowel
• -ин (-in) – stems ending in ж, ч, ш or щ

• IPA^(key): [ˈan]

-а́н • (-án)

1. (colloquial) Added to a noun stem, produces a masculine noun with emotional colouring.

   ‎друг (drug, “friend”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎друга́н (drugán, “friend, mate”) (familiar)

   ‎стари́к (starík, “old man”) + ‎-а́н (-án) → ‎старика́н (starikán, “old man”) (colloquial, familiar)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a (often negative) feature or endearment.

From Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ.

-ан (Latin spelling -an)

1. Suffix appended to words to create an adjective.

   • јад + -ан → јадан (“miserable”)

• -ашан
• -ешан